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Huntsville gazette., 1887-11-26
ARTIFICIAL RUBIES.
A french Scientist Experimenting on
These Spurious Stones.

/
These Spurious Stones.
NJ. Frenzy has returned to his old ex.
periments on the manufacture OF III.
| bies. 1t will be remembered that a
few years ago he succeeded in forming
small ruby crystals by chemical Of
physical process in his laboratory
Those crystals were too tiny to seri-
ously compete with the natural stone.
He now claims, however, to produce
ruby crystals Of excellent quality and
larger size than the natural stones in
use. This result has been obtained by
new process. The older processes OF
1877. employed by NJ. Frenzy and M.
Fell, consisted in heating to o white
heat in an earthen crucible a mixture
of aluminium and minimum. The red
coloration was produced by bichrOmate
of potash. The operation was often
made with twenty to thirty kilo-
grammes of mixture and gave several
kilogrammes of rubies.
Another method was to heat to a
high temperature q mixture in equal
parts of aluminium and duoride of
| barium with traces of bichromate of
potash. The crystals thus obtained
were remarkable for their neat form,
but they were apt to be lamellar. In
his recent experiments M. Frenzy had
the assistance Of talented young
chemist, III. Verneuil, attached to his
laboratory at the museum. Their first
work was to find whether the earthen-
ware crucible Of the early experiments
influenced the reactions, and they found
it did not Next they found that al
most all the fuorides when mixed with
alumina produced corundum by cal
cination at white heat. Fluoride of
barium, fuoride of calcium and
cryolite were used by them. Crucibles
of platinum were also employed. In
the course of the experiments they
found that tiuoride, such as fluoride
of calcium, exercises on alumina an
enormous power Of naturalization.
Thus they could crystalize all the
alumina contained iii mixture of one
part of duoride of calcium and twelve
parts Of alumina. In order to investi-
gate this fact further they placed at the
bottom Of the platinum crucible some
natural fuoride Of calcium, white and
transparent and Of great purity. 1t
was covered carefully by plate Of
platinum perforated with very fine
holes. On the plate was put a layer Of
alumina obtained BY the calcination Of
pure ammoniacal alum. Thus charged,
the crucible was heated for several
hours at red heat in an earthenware
crucible, and it was found that the
fuoride of calcium had almost com
pletely transformed the alumina into
crystals of ruby, remarkable for their
neat form and their rose color. Thus
alumina, without being in contact with
fuoride of calcium and simply affected
by the emanations of the fluOride, cal
cined in the air, is mineralized, losing
its amorphous state and changing into
a crystalline mass This discovery is
important in the science of mineralogy.
1t shows how such bodies as the
fuorides, heated in contact with moist
air, produce emanations which car
crystalize amorphous bodies such az
aluminium. Hydrofuoric acid, acting
at very high temperature, may play
q considerable role in the reaction
Engineering.
Huntsville gazette., 1887-11-26
"How long win it take to cable?'"

1t was strange chance that on
reaching the pension they should fin'd
q letter from Tom Chatham-a stro'ig,
loving appeal to his wife to recon ,sider
her decisions letter which she still
keeps and always will as a proof of
her husbands superiority to all the
rest Of the world, even to Ronald Grey,
whose eccentricities, by the way, she
always defends, and whom she has
even pardoned for making her a
.sstudy" for his successful novel;
Providence Journal.
Huntsville gazette., 1887-11-26

A Hartford youngster goes to
church where the concluding Amen Of
the parsons prayer is sung BY the
choir The other night. after he haze
said his prayers, he produced har-
monica from beneath bis pillow and
astonished his mother By blowing A
blast whore the Amen came in, rel
marking: That's the way we do "
church.
Huntsville gazette., 1887-11-26
SONGS or THE DAv
How the Public il Enabled too-
For Almost NOthf,,e Vt Ihs

%AT,
How the Public il Enabled to VI.
For Almost Nothing. 'et Thsn,
AT two or three street c0rrars
York little sheets Of paper auttor ;a aeR
air with printing on them that I.l ,ea
like poetry. They are songs i I. '9ON4
apiece. Some are classical. NAM, = w. o9a'
dear to the ears of past eenerstioao %''o
others are revival" airs, negro d;tfS
are numerous, great number are Io.' ,,''
songs and there is a class with tig '-
full of filial devotion which m,r 'I's ~
styled mother songs. 1'
One or two small rooms in Par2, No.
furnish them to the whole country ~
1879 they were printed with bard
press, but the next year q steam prin,
ing press was used. AS fast a i s,n.
runs out new edition Of twelve bnrs
dred copies is printed from stereotvns
plate.
Most Of the songs ate copyrighted
but the publishers are willing that tbs
Park row place should issue alI tIs
cent reprints it can. IN the first pIa.o
printing the words il this cheap v,v
increases the demand for the sonow;t5
the music. Then the publisher of tbo
cent sheets sells the words with tba
music at the unvarying price Of fortv
cents. He buys them Of the other ppi.
lishersl at prices ranging from tbirv
cents to sixty. All the cent reprints
are copyrighted.
Two pale-faced girls came into he
room in Park row. They were about
fifteen years of age. Have You ao-
Our Good Ship Sails Tonight" asked
one of them. She bought two copiesof
it, and two of Her Own Boy, Jack
"Pd like I'm Waitin' My Loves
Return, +" said the other They paj
their five cents and went out happy.
"What is the most popular song you
have?"
The Old Folks at Homo, washs
prompt reply. 1T came out lirtv
years ago, and has sold steadily eraf
since. We are printing new editions
Of it all the time
"What are some other fayori.a
songs?"
Love songs always sel ueIL
Goodbye, My Love, Goodbye, i ono
Of the most popular. The Dying Girls
Message goes well, too All Tia
mother songs catch on every time
There are no less than fifty mother
songs in the publishers stock"
Some of this years crop ofcent songs
are: "White Wings" The Letter
That Never Came, 'Cricket On the
Hearth" and "Since My Mothers
Dead and Cone
Popular songs are set to 2 tune that
is not only catching but easily caught
People hear them at the theater, find
themselves humming them aftorwmd,
wish they had the words to that song
see it somewhere for a cent, ana buy
it. After q few demands for some pM-
ticular song the publisher sees tLatt
has taken and prints it.
Business houses buy Thousands of
the popular cent songs, pri ..tn .','vs~
tisement on the blank side, and All
tribute them gratuitously. II pay.
People keep the song, advertisement
and all.
Larger sheets are printed with siyoE
eight songs for two cents. But these
do not take as well. The sheet is too
large. After tagging q little during
the era of cheap music with words, The
songs are now looking up again.-A
Y. World.
Huntsville gazette., 1887-11-26
--s> . O.

A Texas lawyer does an immenso
business, according to hi5 business
card id local paper The card reaas-
II attend 10 all business in the Stat7
and Federal Courts" This must maze
it difficult fol- tie other lawyers to galH
a livelihood. -Tcras SJtings.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-07-03
RAILROAD BONDS.

The undersigned offers for sale at par ex-July
Coupon S500OO0 of the MARIETTA AND
NORTH GEORGIA RAILWAY COMPANYd
FIRST MORTGAGE 6 PER CENT. FIFTY,
YEAR BONDS, in multiples of $1,000 to suit
buyers.
THESE bonds can be safely taken by inves-
l. tors as O reliable 8 per cent. security, which
will in all probability, advance to 10 points
above par within the next three or four years.
as this road will traverse a country unsurpassed
for mineral wealth, for climate, for scenery, for
agricultural purposes, and for attractiveness to
the settler.
The company has mortgaged It's franchise and
entire line OF railroad, built and TO be built and
all its other property, 10 the Boston Safe Deposit
and Trust Company TO secure its issue OF 50-yeat
G per cent bonds These bonds will be issued at
the rate Of about e17 900 per mile on a line ex'
tending from Atlanta Ga. 10 Knoxville, Tenn.
A sinking fund is provided for their redemption.
II will be one of the best paying roads in the
South IL win be Of standard gauge and will
develop ~ region Of country extending from
Middle Georgia, through North Carolina to
Knoxville Tenn, where IL will connect with
lines leading to Cincinnati, Louisville, st. Louis
and Pittsburg.
The road is now completed to Murphy, N. G.,
and is 10 be pushed on to Knoxville as fast AZ
the nature oil the country will permit. The high
financial standing and energy Of the men prin'
cipay interested in IL sufficiently guarantees its
early completion.
Further information will be furnished upon
application to A. J.. HARTRIDGE, savannah,
Ga or TO BOODY, MCCLELLAN & CO., 81
Broadway, New York
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-07-03

and for the State at large; NJ S. Poore, to
be Justice of the Peace in and for Lafayette
county; Peter Brown, 10 be County Com
missioner in and for DeSoto county; James
w. Payne, to be Tax Collector
in and for Columbia county; r. l.,
Harrison, to be notary public in and
be Notary Public in and for Duvl county
George H. Stafford, to he Notary Public IN
and for Putnam county; J. n Ivey, to be
County Commissioner in and for Suwannee
county; Simon Steinheimer, TO be Commis-
sioner of Deeds for Florida in New YORK
James McGiffin, to be Commissioner, OF
Pilotage in and for the port of Fernandina; ;
in and for Brevard county; James C. Brace
we'll, to be Justice of the Peace in and for
Hamilton county; John C. Cooper, to be
member of the Board of Education East
Florida Seminary.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-07-03
RAILROADS.
South Florida Railroad
Central Standard Time.

IN and after MONDAY, June 10, 1887, trains
" will arrive and leave as follows:
*Daiy. fDaily except Sundays, +Daily en-
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-07-03
Advice to Mothers.

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup should
always be used when children are cutting
teeth. 1t relieves the little suffer at once; it
produces natural quiet sleep by relieving
the child from pain and the little cherub
awakes as "bright as a button.
1t is very pleasant to taste 1t soothes the
child, softens the gums, allays all pain, re-
ieves wind, regulates the bowels, and is the
best known remedy for diarrhna, whether
arising from teething or other causes. 70
cents bottle.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-07-03
Trough ON Itch"

Rough on Itch" cures skin humors, erup-
lions, ring worm, letter, salt rheum, frosted
feet, chilblains, itch, ivy poison, barber
itch, Soc Jars.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-07-03
Trough ON Catarrh"

Corrects offensive odors at once. Complete
cure of worst chronic cases; also unequaled
as gargle for diphtheria, sore throat, foul
breath SOC.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-07-03
Rough on Rats"

Clears out rats, mice, reaches, flies, ants,
bedbugs, beetles, insects, skunlls, jack rab-
bits, sparrows, gophers. l5c. AT druggists
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-07-03
Rough on CornS.

Ask for Wells Rough on Corns." Quick
relief, complete cure. Corns, warts, bun
ions 15c
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-07-03
FLORIDA.


An iron pier is TO be built at Pablo Beach.
Cub bears are quite plentiful in Titus
vile.
A number Of new residences are going up
at LeeShurg
Two acres in tomatoes near Ocala netted
+. NJ. Gray $500
The Board of Public Instruction will meet
in Ocala Tuesday.
Mr.. X. Kuntze has commenced the manu-
facture of cigars at Barlow.
The corn crop in the vicinity Of Bronson
is as good as any for years past.
The walls of the Catholic church at
Gainesville are going rapidly heavenward
f. Simon, of Sanford, has failed, and has
chosen Capt. William Shrine MS his as
signee.
Hundreds of acres of new orange groves
are being put out in Sumter county this
season.
Active work on the Ormond bridge has
commenced. It will be pushed rapidly to
completion
w. H. Bigham, of Levy county, has har-
vested over 1900 bushels of oats from sixty
acres of land
Proposals are asked for the construction
of building to he used by the signal service
officers at Jupiter.
At Fantville last week a woman gave
birth to two children, another W three-a
boy and two girls
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-08-12

THE Houston Post says call those
lilue plans for capturing the offices
next year are as sour milk" and yet
every day or two, says things about
Mills, Gibbs and Cole which are be-
ing construed into expressions intend
cd to boom Mills for the Senate, Gibbs
for governor, and so on. The antis
declare that they were not fighting
for the saloons; then it must have
been for tho offices.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-08-12

GREAT preparations should be made
in Dallas for the Texas State Fair and
Exposition Concert of action should
be procured among merchants, real
estate men, and all classes, to max II
grandest occasion, tho most stupen-
dous holiday Texas has ever known.
Let this determination be known
throughout the country a month be-
fore hand, and Dallas Will
be filed to overlooking with
aight-seers, prospecting spectators
artisans, manufacturers and cap
italists-mon who will invest money
in factories, give their energies, skill
and experience to the development
of Texas latent resources, and the up
building of the city and State. With
good crops, happy, prosperous farm
ers, thriving live stock interests,
booming Dallas, and enterprising
people, the Texas State Fair and Dali
as Exposition should, and doubtless
will be made an occasion productive
of much substantial benefit to Dallas
and to Texas, and long to be remcm-
bered by every visitor as a source OF a
deal of pleasure and much profit.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-08-12
l. Consumption IncuraDle?

Read the following: Mr.. G. ii
Morris. Newark, Ark. says: "Was
down with abscess of lungs, and
friends and physicians pronounced
me an iAcurable consumptivc. Began
taking DIR. Kings new discovery for
consumption. AMI now on my third
bottle aud abe to oversee the work
on my farm. Ii is the finest medicine
ever made"
Jessie Middlcwart, Decatur, Ohio,
saws: "IIad it not been for DIR. Kings
new discovery for consumption i
would have died of lung troubles.
Was given up by doctors. Am now
in best VI health" Try IL. Sample
bottles free at w. III. Howell Il Bros
drug store.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-08-12

Ar the recent State Farmers ALI
ance meeting at Waco, the Alliance
was rendered the management of the
agricultural exhibit at the Texas State
Fair, in Dallas, next October. The
invitation to control the exhibit was
accepted by the Alliance, aud a CON-
mittec was appointed to represent the
Alliance, with l.. j. Eddleman, OF
Denton county, as chairman. This
means that the agricultural depart
meut of the Texas Fair will by far
excel any exhibit of the kind hereto
fore,
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-08-12
On Webster On!

II is said that Webste; the photo.
era lher within the last three months
has made wonderful improvements in
the art of photography. particularly in
the line of baby pictures. Mr.. w. Of
fcrs 1925 reward for baby that he
can't catch with smile. Remember
that Webster will charge you a good
round price for photograph made at
his studio.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-08-12
Friday, August IL, 1887.

THE Gear, Sultan and Prince-elect
of Bulgaria are playing nice little
game of bluff, across the water al
which the young and timid Prince
Ferdinand seems to hold an equal hand
The news came to the HERALD THIS
morning that the Prince, enroutc 10
Sofia to occupy the throne to which
he had been elected, was induced to
abandon his purpose by the threat OF
the Sultan of Turkey that he would
fill Bulgaria with Turkish troops if the
Prince undertook to reign over that
country. The Prince had the prom
ise of support from Germany, Austria
and England, and it is understood
that the Sultan is catspaw in the hands
of the Gar of Russia. 1t remains TO
be seen whether the plucky Bulgarians
will be bailled in their right TO Sc
lcct their ruler. Bulgaria IS herself
small and weak, but her allies Eng
land, Germany and Austria are strong.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-08-12

THE sheriff of Harris county de-
clares that hereafter he will vigor-
ously enforce the Sunday law. One
would think it out of the question to
enforce this law in city of Houston's
mixed population but Sheriff Ellis
talks as one having both the will and
the power. How is it in Dallas
Will our county authorities see to it
that the State law is properly ell
forced? The city used to do this, but
not now. The sentiment which
brought on the vote for prohibition
was caused as much, if not more than
anything else, by disregard for Sun
day law, gaming laws, aud others, by
the saloons. The HERALD would be
glad to report determination on the
part of our county officials to enforce
the Sunday law.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-08-12
KIRKWOOD SEMINARY,

Suburban Institution for Young Ladies.
Twenty-seventh year; September @. New
building for additional pupils Will be ready
then. Home like boarding department /;
thorough curriculum of study best musical
department west of Boston. Thorough art
training. For catalogue address Mrs. Anna
Sneed Cairns, Kirkwood Mo. Pac. ard
Frisco Il. Rs.), Mo.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-08-12

Fresh arrival Of the latest styles and de-
sigus in carpets, at Eckford's. 725 and 12s
Elm street.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-05-06

doors being closed. no ons knows whas
passed between them. but when the
able left the sick mans room, his eyes
were wet with tears. and his counte-
nance beamed with : serene exalta-
ton.
The day following. February 8. 1885.
Dupuyrten called in the Archbishop Of
Paris. after which he laid his head on
his lone pillow and breathed his last.
From early morning on the day Of
the funeral. thick gray clouds threw =
It were mournful Grape over the face
Of the sky. A drizxling rain mixed
with snow fell continuously, and froxe
the large silent crowd gathered on the
Place Saint-Germain rAuxerrcis and
inside the spacious courtyard Of the
house where the remains Of the great
man lay in state. The church Of Saint
Eustache could scarce hold the con-
course Of people that followed the
hcarse.
After Divine service. the coffin was
carried BY his pupils all the way 70 the
cemetery.
The little priest walked behind, with
his eyes drowned in tears -Nadar.
IN albany Argus.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-05-06

There are only five ex-Eovevnors q
Pennsylvania living: Pollock, Curtin.
Hartranft. Hoyt and Pattison. Boston
Budget.
Electrical science il enriching the
language In . jawbreaking manner.
"Telegastograph" y the latest con-
tribution.
According to the Pail Mall Gazette
Mark Twain's income from royalties
from his English publishers u over
81. 900 or 5000 year.
The Empress Eugenie. who kept
the freshness Of her youth long after
youth itself had departed. Il described
~ bowed. white-haired woman look
ing far older than her sixty years.
Once moro the Empress Of Austria
has broken down. She can not ride or
exercise. and sleeps III. She il .
changed woman in constitution and
looks from the beautiful. dashing SOW
ereign Of ten years ago.-N r. ISde-
pendent.
Prof Max Muller. judged by his
titles. Is probably the most distin-
guishcd man in England to-day. He
has more than forty honorary sufiixes
to his name. but he does not use all Of
them in his ordinary correspondence.
Chicago Herald.
jacob Groniger, Of Juniata Coun.
~, Pa, has sixteen living children.
cighty-six living grandchildren and
sixty living great-grandchildren. He
has had in all one hundred and ninety
two descendants. several in each gem
Grafton being dead.
Queen Margaret. Of Italy. has COL
lected a large Hebrew library. with the
latest works on Jewish literature. She
is remarkably proficient in Hebrew.
having had capable Jewish instruc-
tors, and reads the Old Testament
with ease. - Cincinnati Times.
The Selma (Ala) Times says that
Colonel John G. Harvey. now in his
eighty-fifth year. has been editor Of
the Greensboro (Ala.) Beacon for pc
riod not less, it thinks, than fifty
years. He Is . graduate Of West
Point, and eve doubt" adds the
Times. If he can recall any line that
he has written during 50 many long
years Of editorial service that he did
not believe when he wrote il. He has
been always model gentleman"
OF the three daughters whom
Longfellow immortalized in that beau
tiful poem, The Twilight Hour"
Alice alone remains unmarried. She
lives in the old "Craigie House" at
Cambridge with her bachelor uncle.
Rev. Samuel LongfeIlow. Edith Long
fellow married Richard H. Dana
Anna allegro Longfellow. the young
est daughter. about two years ago mar
ried Joseph G. Thorpe, Jr., young
Boston lawyer and brother Of Mrs.. Ole
Bull
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-05-06

Cinnamon in our Eastern cities are
50 frequently stoned by the hoodlums
that they can never be prevailed upon
to sing Rock Me to Sleep"
What is more surprising than q
snow-storm in Julya'' asks : writer.
Did you ever step into q closet in .
new house and find yourself in pickle
jar down cellar?
As a gentleman slowly tasted his
chowder. at hotel table. he remarked:
Il like grit A man can't be too full
Of grit to suit me; but when it comes
to grit in clam chowder. can not feel
the slightest enthusiasm for in T.
Ledger.
Boston Man Ito New Yorker)-
''How long have you been here?" New
Yorker Couple o. days" Boston
Man-"What have you been doing
with YOURSELF" New Yorker (wearily)
Paying four dollars day for board. =
N " Sun.
She gazing upward my" How
bright the stars are tonight, Mr..
Sampson!" He (promptly)-"They are
not Brighter, Miss Clara, than-than-"
She (softly)-"Than what, Mr.. Samp-
sonP" He" Than they were last
night 4. sun.
what was the rush last night,
old manP You left ahead Of the par
ty.' did l? l thought ! took all the
heads Of the whole party with me from
the size OF the one l have on me this
morning. Only head? Bless you.
got on full bust. '-Bnrdefte.
And That He Couldn't Help
He was youth Of high degree
he Uttered , : sre,sv iis, is' linn
And danced At every bah;
Hs osled every girl Ne saw;
He had ! la cola H 4 II. Ss.A
And--shat was all.
-.Two Bohc mans are seated in I
cabaret: "Garcon. some water" cries
one Of them. "Some water,~ ex-
claims the other. why, what will
you do with itP" drink it." "You
mus. have lost your head, old man.
Why, when you only get your feet wet
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-05-06

"Will you trust me for cents worth
Of gum" asked the small boy. the top
Of whose head was on level with the
counter.
why, yes, Ill trust you. You look
like an honest boy"
"Oh, yes, I'm honest, but you'd bet
ter give me the cent and let me buy
some candy next door. prefer candy
to gum."--Detroit Free Press.